Elon Musk, president of SpaceX and founder of tesla, speaks.
On Feb. 1, SpaceX, the U.S. space exploration technology company that helped NASA send astronauts to the space station, issued a statement saying they intend to complete the first commercial space travel for humans within 2021, with a minimum of $10 at the gate.
SpaceX said in a statement released on its official website on February 1 that in the fourth quarter of 2021 at the earliest, the Falcon 9 launch vehicle will carry out the first commercial human astronaut mission – “Inspiration4” will carry four passengers to space from Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Pad 39.
The list of astronauts is referred to in the statement as Commander, Hope, Generosity and Prosperity.
The “leader” in question is Jared Isaacman, the CEO of Shift4 Payments, a stock exchange for U.S. payment companies. He is only 37 years old and is also a professional pilot.
“The “Hope” astronaut was selected through SpaceX as an ambassador for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, which is directly related to the mission.
The “Generosity” and “Prosperity” astronauts are open to the public, with a minimum threshold of $10 for “Generosity” to sponsor St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
To be eligible to become a “prosperous” astronaut, one must join the “Shift4Shop” business program and write about their business plan on social media to be selected.
Selected members will undergo SpaceX training on board the Falcon 9 and the spacecraft Skylab, including space dynamics, microgravity and gravity-free activities, and other stress tests. They will also go through emergency response training, space suit use, entry and exit procedures, and full or partial mission simulations.
On Nov. 15, 2020, at 7:27 p.m. (EST), SpaceX has partnered with NASA to successfully launch the commercial manned Crew Dragon spacecraft from Launch Pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center and send four astronauts to the International Space Station.
The four astronauts were Mike Hopkins, Victor Glover, Shannon Walker, a 44-year-old former Navy commander on his first trip to space, and Soichi Noguchi, an astronaut with the Japan Aerospace Agency (JAXA).
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